2 years ago

RELEASE 03/29/2012. (when-i-bump-you-bump-we-bump)

WHOAAAA. It's a big one this time folks. That deploy took awhile. It took approx. 9 NPITs, which is the number of versions of Salt N Peppa's "Push It" we went through during the deploy.
NOW! Onto the release notes...
BUGFIXES
* Spaces have been removed from usernames and replaces with underscores. This was supposed to be done awhile back.
* You can now manually close a notification popup instead of having to wait for it to disappear on its own.
* We should now properly remember logins again between server reboots and sessions expiring.
* Add a "Return to Group" link if you land on a "Question not Found" list.
* We fixed a bug that would cause massive delays in our email pipeline. So, now emails and digests should be coming through more reliably.
* Reply notifications should now correctly reflect the content of edited questions.
* Tooltips are now positioned correctly on profile pages.
* Avatar decorations should now be working properly in Chrome and Safari again. We were seeing some edge cases where they would fail, so if you see them disappear still let us know.
* The notification count in the title should now be working properly again.
* Database optimizations for some slowness.
* Browser performance enhancements all around: We upgraded to the Knockout 2.1 beta in this release, which has a lot of performance enhancements. Should make the site smoother overall.
* Fix a bug that could cause everyone to appear as a group moderator in a group.
NEW FEATURE: IE 8 WORKS AGAIN
We pulled IE 8 aside after class, gave it a stern talking to about these Slow Script warnings, and it has now agreed to behave once again. You should no longer see the Slow Script warnings… for now…
NEW FEATURE: PRIVACY SETTINGS FOR DIRECT MESSAGES
We've added privacy settings for direct messages. You can access them by clicking "Settings" in the header, then clicking "Notification Setting" under your avatar. You'll have the option to receive direct messages from everyone, only people your a fan of, or nobody.
Do keep in mind though that moderators can always send you a direct message. ;)
NEW FEATURE: ONE QUESTION AT A TIME
We've introduced a new concept of open and closed questions, and you're only allowed to have one open question at a time in each group. The questions list to the left will only display open questions by default. You can, of course, click the "Closed Questions" filter to view all of the closed questions. Before you can ask a new question, you'll need to close the first question.
If you're interested in why we made this change, you can check out the blog post about it here: http://bit.ly/Ht27TA
NEW FEATURE: BUMP QUESTION
One of the downsides to having so many awesome users is that it is easy to feel like you've gotten lost in the crowd. So, along with One Question at a Time, we've added the ability to bump your question. There's a timed delay in bumping questions, so you'll have the option to bump the question the first time after five minutes.

Amazing work all the Moderators!! :)) Thank you!
just asking if the the problem with the drawing tool in which a certain portion towards right of an actual diagram does not get included in the answer, has been "shot"..
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Well open/closed is probably good for math group but for others I don't know, you may wait few days to get an answer, especially if it's complicated question and it means you can't post new ones and if you close it you may never get answer.

That’s a smart new feature! Thanks
But there’s one problem – If there’s a really good question that’s already been answered and closed, you won’t be able to see it if you come later. Which means I can’t see the good questions that were asked and answered while I was asleep!